Microadvantage USB Flash drive not creating sda

scuzzman · 04-08-2005, 01:34 PM

I just bought a USB flash drive that advertised linux compatibility. When I plug it in, dmesg recognizes it like this:

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usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using address 4
scsi2 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
  Vendor: USB       Model: Flash Disk        Rev: 2.00
  Type:   Direct-Access                      ANSI SCSI revision: 02
USB Mass Storage device found at 4

The proper modules, I believe, are loaded per lsmod:

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[root@slackdell /home/scuzzy]$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
usb_storage            63072  -
ipv6                  219008  -
ipt_MASQUERADE          2632  -
ipt_limit               1608  -
ipt_REJECT              5480  -
ipt_LOG                 5896  -
ipt_state               1256  -
iptable_mangle          1896  -
iptable_filter          1928  -
ip_conntrack_irc       70288  -
ip_nat_ftp              3984  -
iptable_nat            20488  -
ip_conntrack_ftp       71152  -
ip_conntrack           38356  -
ip_tables              13952  -
ohci_hcd               17452  -
intel_agp              18888  -
uhci_hcd               27800  -
ehci_hcd               25132  -
usbcore                98212  -
8250_pci               16104  -
8250                   16928  -
serial_core            17704  -
8139too                20936  -
b44                    17676  -
evdev                   7072  -
ide_scsi               13356  -
scsi_mod               62180  -
snd_seq_oss            31296  -
snd_seq_midi_event      5576  -
snd_seq                46128  -
snd_pcm_oss            45896  -
snd_mixer_oss          16552  -
snd_intel8x0           28296  -
snd_ac97_codec         67120  -
snd_pcm                78376  -
snd_timer              19212  -
snd_page_alloc          7248  -
snd_mpu401_uart         5640  -
snd_rawmidi            18596  -
snd_seq_device          6288  -
snd                    44100  -
soundcore               6400  -
agpgart                27080  -
[root@slackdell /home/scuzzy]$

and lsusb shows the device

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[root@slackdell /home/scuzzy]$ lsusb
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0ea0:2168 Ours Technology, Inc. Transcend JetFlash 2.0
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
[root@slackdell /home/scuzzy]$

But still it will not create /dev/sda so I can mount it... am I missing something?

michaelk · 04-09-2005, 09:08 AM

I do not see the sd_mod module loading.

Try the command:
modprobe sd_mod

scuzzman · 04-09-2005, 10:58 AM

I tried to modprobe sd_mod and got this:

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FATAL: sd_mod not found

I took a look at my /usr/src/.config and found this, I may have to rebuild the kernel:

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#
CONFIG_SCSI=m
# CONFIG_SCSI_PROC_FS is not set

#
# SCSI support type (disk, tape, CD-ROM)
#
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_ST is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_OSST is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR is not set
# CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG is not set

michaelk · 04-09-2005, 01:33 PM

Try
modprobe sd-mod

scuzzman · 04-09-2005, 06:25 PM

Same result - not found. Think I might need to recomplile the kernel and add this in

Code:

# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is not set

??

houler · 04-09-2005, 06:29 PM

Hey thanks alot! I haven't tried it yet though because I have to re-compile my kernel. What do I set in the kernel config? --edit -- nevermind i got it

Also what other modules should me 'modprobed'?

Do i have to modprobe <blah> after every reboot? or will the module/s load automatically when I load boot-up?

houler · 04-09-2005, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by scuzzman
Same result - not found. Think I might need to recomplile the kernel and add this in

Code:

# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is not set

??

yeah set that to "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=m"

houler · 04-09-2005, 06:59 PM

Ok I got it to work, thanks guys!

scuzzman · 04-11-2005, 04:31 AM

This did it!
Thanks